Homeless Intervention and Prevention Officer

Role Overview

We are currently seeking an experienced Homeless Intervention and Prevention Officer to join a busy South London Local Authority Housing Service on an initial 6-month contract.

The successful candidate will play a key role in delivering early homelessness prevention activity, working proactively with individuals and households at risk of losing their accommodation. You will provide expert advice across a range of housing issues, welfare benefits, and tenancy matters, ensuring customers receive timely, accurate guidance that supports sustainable housing solutions and reduces the risk of homelessness.

You will actively identify and secure suitable housing options, making full use of prevention tools such as Discretionary Housing Payments (DHP) and the Homelessness Prevention Fund to resolve housing issues at the earliest opportunity.

You will be responsible for promoting and delivering the Council’s homelessness prevention agenda in a proactive and solution-focused way, helping to reduce reliance on temporary accommodation and ensuring positive housing outcomes within agreed timescales.

The successful candidate will have strong experience within homelessness prevention or housing options services, with a solid understanding of relevant legislation and a track record of working in high-pressure environments.